Disney, Spectrum direct customers to other TV services as dispute keeping ESPN off air continues
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Source: Associated Press
Disney, Spectrum direct customers to other TV services as dispute keeping ESPN off air continues
DAVID BAUDER
Tue, September 5, 2023 at 4:17 PM EDT·2 min read
NEW YORK (AP) — Both sides of a dispute that has left nearly 15 million cable TV subscribers without ESPN or other networks affiliated with The Walt Disney Co. are directing customers to other services where they can watch television.
The offers speak to the unusual nature of the business dispute between Disney and Charter Communications, and doesn't auger a quick resolution.
Charter is telling its Spectrum TV customers about a special deal being offered by the Fubo live television streaming service to get two months at discounts of 25% or 30%, depending on the plan.
“I've covered carriage disputes for more years than I would like to remember, and I don't recall a TV provider ever offering its customers a discount to another TV provider during a channel blackout,” wrote journalist Phillip Swann, who runs tvanswerman.com.
Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/disney-spectrum-direct-customers-other-201732294.html
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